Mental Health Nurse job description

3 COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Demonstrate respect for all team members, maximising potential through the diverse roles within the team.

• Attend team meetings as required and to attend meetings outside the team on occasions.

• Liaison with other teams and services to ensure that quality and timely services are delivered.

• Work closely with other team members to ensure that care is delivered to the highest standards.

• Maintain appropriate client confidentiality at all times, with reference to information sharing agreements using CPA and public protection principles.

• Communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal forms, taking into account the ethical, professional and legal aspects of documentation. Document all aspects of care, including care provision and communication with relevant others.

• Use appropriate methods of communication for addressing client, staff and management issues.

• Provide information, education and support to family members, carers and other professionals.

4. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY-Mental Health Nurse job description

• Provide a service, which is in line with the team Operational Policy, i.e. client focused, accessible and responsive on a 24-hour basis.

• Participate in the assessment of clients who are appropriate to be seen by the team and undertake the development and implementation of treatment plans, working within the agreed supervision arrangements within the team.

• Continually review and assess clients needs and to seek supervision and guidance as appropriate.

• Provide information, education and support to family members, carers and other professionals.

• Contribute to the education of other staff and students.

• Manage time and resources effectively.

• Demonstrate respective for all team members, maximising potential through the diverse roles within the team.

• Attend team meetings as required.

• Participate in supervision on a regular and formal basis.

• Maintain a diary of people visited and complete appropriate returns.

• Maintain and develop expertise in the acute care of people with a serious mental health problem, including the management of people at risk of suicide.

• Liaise with other teams and services to ensure that qualify and timely services are delivered.

• Provide profession-specific interventions relevant to the needs of service users.

• Work closely with other team members to ensure that care id delivered to the highest possible standards.

• Develop and document Care Plans for individual clients, their family and carers, ensuring that the service user, and where appropriate, carer has an up to date copy of their Care Plan.

• Actively seek to improve own practice by seeking new and innovative ideas for the delivery of care.

• Proactively address areas of concern and report any areas of concern to the Team Manager.

• Work within the Operational Policy for the Acute Care Service/ Home Treatment Team.

• Maintain an up to date knowledge of othe4 relevant Crisis and Emergency Services.

• Contribute to the education of clients, staff and student through ensuring practice that:

a) A Seeks to identify current needs and expectations through collaboration with the client and where appropriate that it incorporates family and carers in the planning and implementation of care.

b) Commences individual care planning (including discharge planning) during initial entry and assessment phase and clearly documents interventions and plans.

c) Considers the biological, psychological, occupational, spiritual and social needs of care and provides the client and their carers with adequate feedback appropriate information regarding care.

d) Provide appropriate information to other team members of the multi disciplinary team and relevant care providers to ensure that the Care Plan established for the client continues when others provide care.

• Act as a professional role model to students and staff at all times.

• Participate in the recruitment of staff.

• Participate in supervision, as per policy, on a regular and formal basis.

• Provide Supervision for Junior Staff.

• Participate in the Professional Development of Junior Staff.

• Manage time and resources effectively within available constraint.

5. ROLE SPECIFIC-Mental Health Nurse job description

Occupational Therapists

• To use Occupational Therapy Skills within the role of Key Worker.

• To provide Occupational Therapy specific interventions.

• To provide Occupational Therapy advice to other members of the team.

Social Workers

• To provide Social Worker specific interventions.

Nurses

• To monitor and provide advice on matters related to medication.

• To administer medication to people in crisis to alleviate acute symptoms including administration PGD medication (patient group direction) in the absence of an available Doctor as per policy.

• To provide Mental Health Nursing specific assessments and interventions.

6. DECISION MAKING & ADVICE

• Proactively address areas of concern and report any areas of concern to the Team Manager.

• Take responsibility of requesting assistance as appropriate.

• Maintain an up to date knowledge of professional, legal and ethical standards of practice, in accordance with professional codes of conduct.

7. INITIATING AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGE-Mental Health Nurse job description

• Participating in audit and research.

• Contribute to the development work of the service working in partnership with local community organisations and groups, as appropriate to the service and needs of the service users.

• Actively seek to improve own practice by seeking new and innovative ideas for the deliver of care.

• Maintain an up to date knowledge of other relevant Crisis and Emergency Services.

8. HEALTH, SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT

The post holder must at all times comply with the Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Health & Safety Policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the ’s risk incident reporting system.

The post holder is required to inform the line manager of any safety issues that could affect you or others in the work place.

You are responsible for your own health & Safety and must co-operate with the management at all times in achieving safer work processes and work places, particularly where it can impact on others.

You will be trained in the correct use of any equipment provided to improve Safety and health within the . You are required to use the equipment when necessary and as instructed; it is your responsibility to ensure the equipment is safe to use, prior to its use and must report any defects immediately to your manager.

9. TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

The post holder must take personal responsibility in agreement with their line manager for his or her own personal development by ensuring that continuous professional development remains a priority.

The post holder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.